Exercise: none, planned rest day

Water: 20 cups

Food: 2399 (31% fat, 32% carbs, 35% protein)

Breakfast: protein shake, cracked wheat oatmeal bread, peanut butter, jam, grapefruit (400)

AM Snack: almonds (164)

Lunch: 2 whole wheat tortillas, mustard, smoked ham, cheese, apple (506)

PM Snack: soy nuts, cheese spread with rice crackers (313)

Dinner: sirloin steak, asparagus, butter, salad w/dressing (646)

Late Snack: protein shake, fruit salad, biscotti (370)

So, I’ve been using the treadmill (consistently) since January. Even jogging a little lately. I’ve been lifting weights for 6 weeks (seriously). And today, after digging/working in the garden this morning - now, I have a sore knee. Not the usual walking too much one, but behind the joint. Seems quite silly, doesn’t it. I’ll put some heat on it shortly and see how it is in the morning. So much for the great outdoors!

Spent a good chunk of the morning starting to prepare the bed for the berry bushes. I knew it wouldn’t be simple, but it ended up being harder than I expected. We lifted the mulch, removed the ground cloth, and started to dig the trench. That’s when we found the tree roots. I shouldn’t have been surprised they were there, but maybe a little surprised they were so big. Oh well, that’s what a pruning saw is for. Although I don’t think trying to prune roots is what they’re for. I was very glad when my mother decided she’d had enough for the day. We’ll go back to it tomorrow. There was definite exercise, and lots of sweat on my rest day, but it was a lovely day. We had a nice leisurely swim in the afternoon. Tomorrow it’s back to the routine!

Today’s weigh-in brings me to 312.4 which is 3.0 pounds less than last week. I’ll write more later, but I’m getting ready to go outside and work in the garden. I’m very happy with this week’s weight (although honestly I’m happy with every week’s weigh-in). As long as the month to month trend is down, I don’t really care much about the weekly weights.  Since I started keeping track this is day 107 on plan.